Audio Lessons for People with Dyslexia

Every chapter of your study material, taught out loud — diagrams explained, nothing condensed away, and nothing that depends on decoding dense text.

Understanding Dyslexia & Audio Learning

Dyslexia affects how individuals process written language, but research shows that audio-based learning can be transformative for dyslexic learners.

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a learning difference that affects reading, writing, and spelling abilities. It's not a sign of low intelligence or poor vision — it's simply a different way the brain processes language.

Difficulty with word recognition and decoding

Challenges with reading fluency and comprehension

Struggles with spelling and written expression

Often accompanied by strengths in creativity and problem-solving

What the Research Says

Text-to-Speech Improves Comprehension

A meta-analysis in the Journal of Learning Disabilities found that text-to-speech and related read-aloud tools have a reliably positive effect on reading comprehension for students with reading disabilities.

Wood, S. G., Moxley, J. H., Tighe, E. L., & Wagner, R. K. (2018). Does use of text-to-speech and related read-aloud tools improve reading comprehension for students with reading disabilities? A meta-analysis. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 51(1), 73–84.

Listening Frees Up Working Memory

Decoding text consumes the mental effort dyslexic readers would otherwise spend on understanding. Hearing the material removes the decoding bottleneck so attention goes to the ideas themselves.

Shaywitz, S. E. (2003). Overcoming dyslexia: A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level.

Words + Pictures Beat Words Alone

Multimedia-learning research shows people learn more deeply when spoken words and visuals work together — the principle behind pairing narration with your document's own figures and structure.

Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

The Power of Multimodal Learning

Study Companion combines the proven benefits of audio learning with full-depth chapter teaching and visual content explanation — a complete study system that works with how dyslexic brains naturally process information.

Audio-First Learning
Diagrams Explained Out Loud
Nothing Condensed Away

How It Works

Upload, approve the exact cost, and study — you always see the price before anything is charged

1 · Upload anything

Upload your course material

Add a document or image and Study Companion will detect its chapters.

PDF, Word, Excel, PPT
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF

2 · Approve the exact cost

Detected chapters

Ch 1 · Cell Structurepp. 1-24 · 24 cr
Ch 2 · Membranespp. 25-51 · 27 cr
Ch 3 · Metabolismpp. 52-80 · 29 cr
Index & referencesauto-skipped · free
Total for 80 pages80 credits
Process 3 chapters · 80 credits

Skip chapters you don't need — front matter and indexes are excluded free.

3 · Study it your way

Podcast Recap (per chapter)

Review the chapter with a focused 5-10 minute recap or a two-host discussion.

Read-Along Narration

Listen to the complete lesson while following the study guide section by section.

Generate audio inside your chapter workspace, preview the available voices, and download each finished lesson.

Beyond Basic Text-to-Speech

Screen readers and TTS apps read words. Study Companion teaches the material — including the parts that were never words to begin with.

Traditional TTS Tools

  • Read the text word-for-word, however dense it is
  • Skip diagrams, charts, and illustrations entirely
  • One monotone voice, one format
  • No way to check whether anything stuck

Study Companion

  • Teaches each chapter in clear, spoken explanations
  • Describes diagrams, charts, and figures in plain language
  • Three audio styles and 11 voices, previewable before generating
  • Quizzes after every chapter, with a link back to the exact section when you miss

Built for Dyslexic Learners

Every feature reduces the reading load without reducing what you learn

Three Audio Styles per Chapter

Read-along narration that follows the full teaching text, a 5-10 minute podcast recap, or a two-host conversation. Pick a voice from 11 options — preview before you generate.

Diagrams Explained Out Loud

Figures, charts, and illustrations are studied by the AI and explained in the audio — visual content stops being a blind spot.

Quizzes That Point You Back

After listening, take a chapter quiz (2 credits, retakes free). Miss a question and it links straight to the section that explains it — no re-reading hunts.

Ask Instead of Re-Reading

Ask Your Book answers questions from your document only, citing the exact chapter, section, and pages — so finding an answer never means scanning walls of text again.

A Map, Not a Wall of Text

The interactive knowledge map shows how concepts connect across chapters — a big-picture view that suits visual and nonlinear thinkers.

Listen Anywhere

Queue chapters into a playlist on the web or the Android app, with lock-screen playback controls. Pause, rewind, and replay at your own pace.

Why not just use ChatGPT?

Fair question — a chat window is the obvious first stop. Here is the honest difference when the material is measured in hundreds of pages, not paragraphs.

Coverage
File caps, message limits, and long documents quietly truncated mid-way.
Every selected page processed chapter by chapter — nothing silently skipped.
What you keep
A chat transcript.
A printable study-guide PDF, Word export, and downloadable per-chapter MP3s — yours forever.
Effort
Prompt skill, manual chunking, and stitching answers back together.
The same tested chapter structure for every document, automatically.
Trust
Answers drawn from the open internet.
Ask Your Book cites the exact chapter, section, and pages of your material.
Price
A typical AI subscription runs about $20 every month, whether you study or not.
One-time credit packs that never expire — nothing to cancel.

Chat tools still make you read their answers. Here, every chapter of your material becomes narrated audio you can replay anywhere.

Got a 5-page handout? A chatbot is fine. Study Companion exists for the 300-page reviewer.

1 credit = 1 page

you approve the exact cost first

Packs from $5.99

one-time payments, no subscription

Credits never expire

nothing to cancel, ever

20 free credits

every new account starts studying free

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a replacement for a screen reader?

No — screen readers narrate your device; Study Companion transforms your study material. It rebuilds a document into chapters taught in full, then generates narrated audio lessons, quizzes, and a chat that answers from the source. Many learners use both together.

Does it work with scanned pages, photos of notes, and slides?

Yes. You can upload PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint slides, and images (JPG, PNG, WebP). The AI reads the content — including text inside images — and turns it into structured chapters before any audio is generated.

Does the audio skip diagrams and charts?

No. Unlike basic text-to-speech, the AI studies each figure and explains what it shows in plain language, so diagrams, charts, and illustrations become part of the audio lesson instead of a gap in it.

Which audio style works best for dyslexia?

Most dyslexic learners start with read-along narration, which follows the full teaching text so you can listen while your eyes track along — reducing decoding load without losing the content. The podcast recap (5-10 minutes per chapter) works well for review, and the two-host conversation style helps when a topic feels dry.

What do audio lessons cost?

Processing costs 1 credit per page, and you approve the exact total before anything is charged. Audio is generated per chapter from the same credit balance: read-along narration costs about 1 credit per 2 pages, a podcast recap costs 3 credits per chapter, and a two-host episode costs 5. Every new account starts with 20 free credits, and credits never expire.

Can't I just paste my textbook into ChatGPT and ask it to read to me?

Chat tools answer questions well, but they make you read the answers, cap how much of a document they actually ingest, and leave you with a transcript. Study Companion processes every selected page, teaches it chapter by chapter, and gives you downloadable narrated audio for each chapter — no prompting, no reading required.

Ready to Study Without the Reading Wall?

Upload this week's chapters and hear them taught out loud — quizzes and cited answers included. 20 free credits, no subscription.

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